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The PRC ruling elite maintains political and social control in this volatile domestic landscape through a comprehensive and non-transparent state secrets system, which is largely shielded from the international spotlight. The development of the state secrets system as a sword and a shield, together with an effective security apparatus, serves to strengthen the one-party rule of the CPC and undermines the foundations for good governance, an independent rule of law and sustainable development.
